Edmund Turnor (24 March 1838 – 15 December 1903) was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the

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from 1868 to 1880. Turnor was the son of Christopher Turnor, M.P. for South Lincolnshire 1841–47, and his wife Lady Caroline Finch-Hatton, daughter of

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, and grandson of

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Edmund Turnor (1755–1829). He was educated at

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and at

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, graduating B.A. in 1860. He was a deputy lieutenant of Lincolnshire, and a J.P. for parts of Kesteven and Lindsey in Lincolnshire.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
/ref> Turnor was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for

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at a by-election in April 1868. At the 1868 general election Turnor was elected MP for South Lincolnshire. He held the seat until 1880. Turnor died at the age of 65. Turnor married Lady Mary Katherine Gordon, daughter of

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and Marie Antoinette Pegus in 1866. They had 12 children.

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* 1838 births 1903 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Deputy lieutenants of Lincolnshire {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1830s-stub